difference between nil and NULL

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Objective-C: What's the difference between NULL, nil and @“”?

all I have a simple problem that my objective variable has NULL value in it. and it simply enter in the if condition. I have to check that if variable objective length is greater then zero and no null value then enter in condition.

and When I use NULL or nil in comparison?

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justin · Answer 1 · 2012-08-27T12:43:41.647

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They are the same. However, it is conventional to use nil to compare against an objc object, and when assigning to an objc object.

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answered Aug 27 '12 at 12:31

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thanks for quick reply. why my control enter in if condition? – QueueOverFlow Aug 27 '12 at 12:33
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your string contains the characters "(null)". i added more detail in my answer. – madmik3 Aug 27 '12 at 12:38

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 27 '12 at 15:13

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Assuming we're talking about Objective-C:

nil (all lower-case) is a null pointer to an Objective-C object.

Nil (capitalized) is a null pointer to an Objective-C class.

NULL (all caps) is a null pointer to anything else.

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answered Aug 27 '12 at 12:36

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 24 '18 at 11:29

In this case it seems that you have a string with a value of "(null)". This can happen when you attempt to append or format content into the string that was null itself. It's a valid string that is not NULL or nil and is 8 characters long. So it enters your loop.

In objective-c, NULL and nil are the same thing (the number 0). But the style guide will tell you to use NULL for pointers and nil for classes derived from NSObject.

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